#pratas

[tudoqueelaquuer]

[braidsdrips]

Eu polícia maconha e uma delícia

[iwathecreator]

queria dizer que fico revoltada com o fato das paralimpíadas não serem transmitidas no canal aberto !! e PIOR o brasil eh incrível em tudo mds toda vez q eu vejo alguma notícia é medalha nova e TA TUDO ESCONDIDO NAS COLINAS !!!!!

[grusinskayas]

Camila Pitanga in Sal de Prata (2005) dir. Carlos Gerbase

[the-government-man]

svenskfinska bögar födda efter 2000 vet bara om hesburger, skämmas över att inte kunna sitt modersmål, ladda ner duolingo för tredjelfte gången, vara homosexuella, käka leipäjuustoa och ljuga

[fabien-euskadi]

Portuguese tiles. These ones were photographed in the legendary town of Nazaré.

[illustratus]

Surrender of the General Dorrego Corvette by Edoardo de Martino

[digitalfountains]

Catarina Marques by Ismael Prata

[liz-thinks-too-much]

Lesbian sylvanians kissing!

[amphibianaday]

dag 1274

slagborr min älskade

[shiroselia]

SVT när de ska prata om sjukt komplexa ämnen som kräver både nyans och finess, speciellt eftersom att det involverar starkt marginaliserade grupper som oftare presenteras i en negativ och stigmatiserad synvinkel, som kräver stark kunnighet hos skribenten och jävlig försiktighet för att inte göra det värre för de marginaliserade grupperna som presenteras speciellt då de jävligt sällan får representera sig själva

[magical-glimpse]

Book Review: Discovering Christian Witchcraft, by Sara Raztresen and Emyle D. Prata

Sara Raztresen is an educator and writer I have been following for a while now, so you bet when i could afford it i pre-ordered her and Mimi's book !

Why did I choose to read this book ? First of all, it is a great introduction to the more mystical side of Christianity, and the more Christian side of Witchcraft. There a a handful of creators who are focused on Christian Witchcraft or Christopaganism, and out of them, Sara is one of my favorite. Her "Where the Gods Left Off" series (which I already read and will comment/review when I have time) is both an incredible insight into different cultures and religions and entities, but also the witness of her personal journey as she explores and meet all of them, and what she learns from it. It's not a sugarcoated exploration, but the experience of a witch who goes out of her comfort zone and deal with the consequences of it, good and bad. This book seems both more in their comfort zone as well as out of it. While focusing on the Christian perspective (with insights from Judaism, different branches of Christianity and cultures that were historically nearby), it also contains an absurd amount of research, references more books and articles than i can count, and present as a final product a fantastic guide, essay and research paper on the different elements that makes Christian Witchcraft today what it is, was and could/should be.

What are the great points of this book? Where should I even start ? 1.The Theory

The Theory is strong in this book. Everything is cross-checked, referenced, sourced, critically analyzed. It is a proper researcher work. (I am not in human sciences, but if i were to compare this book to how STEM scientific theses are built, it is pretty well built, rich, and made understandable for the most part). The book goes deeper than any "beginner-oriented" book I have seen this now. It is, I think, both appropriate for beginners in witchcraft, and anyone who is already pretty well-versed but would like to learn more about the Christian side of it.

2. The passion and analyses

Not just that, but the book also contains beautiful essays, speaking about the role of Christian witches in the modern world, the impact and the wrongs of Christonationalism, the role and goal of Christianity itself. Even for people who are not into witchcraft, I think this book can truly be a mind-opener about how Christians failed their missions, and missed the original meaning of the teachings of Jesus.

You can see as you read how the two writers are attached to the entities they are working with, but also to their cultures and what they learned in their years of practice. The book is nothing short of a labor of love, of passion, and of honest eagerness to share knowledge and passion for the craft ( as well as bit of spite for those refusing to open their eyes to even the most basic logical arguments lol)

3.The Practice

I probably have a harder time being completely objective about this, because i read the book when i had a good handle on most witchcraft basics. I do think though it can add a nice touch to practitioners who already got the basics down and would like to explore a little something new. For brand new beginners, it seems to me that it could be a good book to keep long-term in your practice. it could easily become a staple to come back to regularly to deepen an aspect of your practice, explore a new things, or just relearn older things.

Conclusion: this book is pretty exhaustive for beginners, and a good introductory to medium course for accomplished practitioners who wants to deepen their practice towards Christian Witchcraft. it presents both beginner-friendly and advanced theory, as well as a good beginner exploration of the basics of witchcraft. it is to me now a personal library favorite i will keep and reread for a long time. i would even go as far to say you might consider it a must-have in Christian Witchcraft, but that is of course up to you to decide <3

[myheartisbro-ken]

My absolute favourite moment of this Olympics so far is having stepped out of the student center after watching the girls' all around clutching a stranger's hand super hard for half of it, only to pass by a group of girls leaving a lecture asking "does anyone know how Rebeca did?" And getting to tell this group of strangers like we're best friends that Rebeca got silver and seeing them all cheer like we're Rebeca's best friends.

We've come so far with women's gymnastics it makes me emotional (here's hoping the boys can get that same treatment for next Olympics) now these girls are all household names, we talk about them like they're all our friends, we have nicknames for them, we're screaming at our TVs louder than we do for the fifa world cup, we cuss out the judges like we do the referees, we argue scores, we hold a grudge to complain at work or at school the next day, PEOPLE KNOW THE SCHEDULE OF THEIR COMPETITIONS! We're hopeful and nearly certain that we're getting a medal out of it.

Guys! The first time Brasil had a full team qualifying to go to the Olympics was 20 years ago, or 5 games ago! Then, the historical best position we had ever placed on the all around was 21°, before Tokyo, it was 10°; our best position as a team before this bronze was 8°. Our first medal EVER in a world championship was in 2001. Rebeca's silver in Tokyo was our first olympic medal EVER, and then she got gold on the vault that year, which naturally was our first gold. So like, our history in gymnastics is so young and hard earned and underfunded compared to other countries that are now looking at us with respect and sometimes even fear. And it's just so incredibly for a country that used to only care about football/soccer that people are actually cheering for gymnastics and wanting to stay updated on the outcome even when they can't watch it. Like I'm literally fully crying, y'all do not understand ���

[formulaonedirection]

The mental image of max and lando sharing a biryani https://x.com/landosdefender/status/1836237126083715343?s=46

This literally made me laugh out loud wym Lando Norris at Zamas River Valley is nothing sacred to me anymore???? Fishaksjakoaa does he want to walk to GWC and have Kind Kones with me afterwards. Do you know how many random emotionally fraught experiences I've had at Great World City now I have to think about the ghost of Lando, Max and Pietra there 😭😭😭😭

[grusinskayas]

Maria Fernanda Cândido in Sal de Prata (2005) dir. Carlos Gerbase

[fabien-euskadi]

Praia da Vieira (Vieira Beach) is both the name of a beach an a small fishing village on the month of River Lis, in the Central Region of Portugal. Unfortunately, when I took these photos, the weather was unusually grey (albeit not chill at all) for a June Sunday.

The Vieira Beach is one of the places where the action of one of Eça de Queiroz most famous novels - The Crime of Father Amaro: ("O Crime do Padre Amaro", in the original) - takes place. In several of Eça's books, the author likes to change the name of certain villages and towns, but the Vieira Beach is explicitely mentined as the place where the people from Leiria frequented during the Summer.